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How Your Postcode Determines What Treatments You Can Offer

How Your Postcode Determines What Treatments You Can Offer

Why good fortune determines what care you receive

Aug 30, 2026

Doctors, Do You Know How Much Your NHS Pension is Worth?

Doctors, Do You Know How Much Your NHS Pension is Worth?

Never be confused about your total rewards statement again...

Aug 16, 2026

The Weight Lanyards Still Carry: The End of Political Messaging in the NHS?

The Weight Lanyards Still Carry: The End of Political Messaging in the NHS?

The case for and against a blanket ban on political symbols

Aug 2, 2026

The Generational Divide: Are We Really So Different?

The Generational Divide: Are We Really So Different?

From 85-hour workweeks in 1962 to Chaotic treatments in 2026

Jul 19, 2026

33,000 Votes Later: The Referendum That Exposed a Profession Divided

33,000 Votes Later: The Referendum That Exposed a Profession Divided

The profession is divided, and not just between yes and no, but between the loud and the silent...

Jul 5, 2026

Can Doctors Work From Home? The NHS is About To Find Out

Can Doctors Work From Home? The NHS is About To Find Out

Is NHS Online the future of hospital medicine?

Jun 21, 2026

The Lesson Every High-Earning Doctor Should Pass Down Beyond Inheritance

The Lesson Every High-Earning Doctor Should Pass Down Beyond Inheritance

Why wealth doesn’t make it past three generations?

Jun 7, 2026

Ugly Hospitals Are a Clinical Crisis - But Can We Afford to Be Picky...

Ugly Hospitals Are a Clinical Crisis - But Can We Afford to Be Picky...

Must we accept a country full of crumbling hospitals in a time of fiscal constraints?

May 24, 2026

This is Going to Hurt: Why Our Gory Details Divide the Dinner Table

This is Going to Hurt: Why Our Gory Details Divide the Dinner Table

Exploring the non-medics’ love-hate relationship with hospital stories

May 10, 2026

Can The French Offer The NHS Some Lessons on Funding Effective Healthcare?

Can The French Offer The NHS Some Lessons on Funding Effective Healthcare?

How Healthcare funding differs across the channel

Apr 26, 2026

The Deal That Wasn’t: Nodal Pay Reforms Not Enough To Hold off The BMA

The Deal That Wasn’t: Nodal Pay Reforms Not Enough To Hold off The BMA

What was the deal rejected by the BMA committee before it could be given to members?

Apr 5, 2026

Is Britain Facing A Genuine Youth Mental Health Crisis, Or A Crisis of Resilience?

Is Britain Facing A Genuine Youth Mental Health Crisis, Or A Crisis of Resilience?

Exploring the bidirectional link between youth unemployment and mental health outcomes

Mar 29, 2026

Ballots and the BMA: When Council Elections Become About Arithmetic

Ballots and the BMA: When Council Elections Become About Arithmetic

69 Seats, 247 Candidates and the Politics of the Headcount

Mar 22, 2026

What is the BMA Trying to Prepare Us for In the UKGP Bill?

What is the BMA Trying to Prepare Us for In the UKGP Bill?

Is the BMA’s initial 2-year grandfathering policy about to be changed?

Mar 15, 2026

Should Doctors Be Trained to End Lives?

Should Doctors Be Trained to End Lives?

Doctors are trained in the ways of prolonging life, does that make them best suited to assisting death?

Mar 8, 2026

Is the MSRA the Only Thing Guarding Against Portfolio Inflation?

Is the MSRA the Only Thing Guarding Against Portfolio Inflation?

Although unpopular, is this exam saving us from something even worse?

Mar 1, 2026

A Mother’s Choice, A Baby’s Risk: The Right to Be Wrong in Obstetric Care

A Mother’s Choice, A Baby’s Risk: The Right to Be Wrong in Obstetric Care

When does autonomy outweigh safety?

Feb 22, 2026

A Long Road to Nowhere: The Endless UK Medical Training Pathway

A Long Road to Nowhere: The Endless UK Medical Training Pathway

Should UK Training Pathways be Shortened?

Feb 15, 2026

BMA’s 52.5% Turnout Puts Strike Leverage Back on the Table

BMA’s 52.5% Turnout Puts Strike Leverage Back on the Table

The ballot survived the “silent veto” — next time, it won’t have to...

Feb 8, 2026

A House Divided: Why IMGs Hold The Key To The BMA’s Mandate

A House Divided: Why IMGs Hold The Key To The BMA’s Mandate

What the Ancient Greeks Can Teach the BMA about Democracy?

Feb 1, 2026

The UK Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill Is Here Folks!

The UK Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill Is Here Folks!

What this paradigm shift means for the NHS and its doctors

Jan 25, 2026

The Double-Speculum Dilemma

The Double-Speculum Dilemma

What’s the point of the exam if the speciality will just repeat it?

Jan 11, 2026

What’s So Special About 2008?

What’s So Special About 2008?

Is the BMA right to use 2008 as the benchmark for pay erosion?

Jan 4, 2026

Christmas in Hospital: What the Elderly Teach Us About Time

Christmas in Hospital: What the Elderly Teach Us About Time

While the world celebrates beginnings, the ward teaches us about endings

Dec 28, 2025

Striking Doctors Deliver A Festive Reality Check to the Government

Striking Doctors Deliver A Festive Reality Check to the Government

With turnout up and rejection clear, the government’s hope of ‘strike fatigue’ was wishful thinking

Dec 21, 2025

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